Spatial Dysfunction in the Revitalization of Traditional Markets from the Perspective of Sustainable Tourism Development in Surakarta

Abstract

This research aims to know the effects of spatial dysfunction in a revitalized traditional market on sustainable tourism development in the city, which has potential local wisdom. Spatial dysfunction is defined as the inability of a space to function as intended up to the time of the research. The problem-based research method, with analysis on a multi-dimensional problem, was applied to several required sample case studies. The research findings explain that the spatial dysfunction within revitalized traditional markets is a barrier to developing local wisdom-based tourism. The spatial dysfunction has stimulated internal and external degradations of the building physically and non-physically, negatively impacting the efforts to defend and maintain the essential values of the local wisdom, which is urgent to develop sustainable tourism in the city, such as Surakarta. A redesign concept for spatial dysfunction by considering various aspects of local wisdom is suggested to significantly contribute to supporting sustainable tourism without any physical changes to the existing building.